Music-leaf turner



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- J. A. WHITE.

MUSIC LEAF TURNER. I No. 547,310. Patented 001. 1, 1895.

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J. A. WHITE. MUSIC LEAF TURNER. No. 547,310. Patented Oct. 1,189.5.

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MUSIC-LEA AUGUSTA, MONTANA.

F -TURNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 547,310, dated October1, 1895.

Application filed June 6, 1895 Serial No. 551,862. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that-I, Josnrn: A. WHITE, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Augusta, in the county ofLewis and Clarke and Stateof Montana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMusic-Leaf Turners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to letters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive'music-leaf turner, which can be readily applied topianos, organs, andsimilar instruments for holding sheet-music and turning'the leavesthereof successively or collectively.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of the parts,as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and particularly pointed out inthe claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figurel is a perspective view of a music-leaf turner constructed in accordancewith my invention, showing but a single leaf holder and turner upon thesupporting-rod; and Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the device, showing anumber of leaf holders and turners upon the rod.

A designates the support or ledge with which pianos and organs areusually provided, and to this ledge my improved music-leaf holder andturner is adapted to be applied.

B designates a box or suitable fixture, the upper and lower portionsextending beyond the sides at the rear, so as to lie above and below theledge A and position the box immediately in front of the same. The upperpart of the box may be provided with suitable clamping-screws forholding the same securely in place. Through the front portion of the boxor fixture B passes a rod 0, which is supported in a vertical positionwith respect to said box, and immediately in rear of this rod is locateda spring-bar D. Passing into or through the front portion of the box orfixture B are wires E, which extend from the sides of the box and arebent upwardly,

then outwardly, where they are bent upon themselves and have connectingportions, a similar arrangement of bends being in the upper part, wherethey are formed into eyes or loops 0, which encircle the rod (3 near itsupper end. It will be observed that the wires E extend on both sides ofthe rod 0.

So much of the device as has been described is adapted to hold in placea single sheet of music, the same being placed between the rod 0 andspring-bar D and the edges of the leaves placed between the bentportions of the wires E. The wires E may be made of a single piece ortwo pieces, each having eyes at their upper ends, while their lower endsenter the box or fixture and are suitably retained therein.

F designates the leaf holders and turners, which are each made up of twosections or wire loops connected to each other at their upper and lowerends, where they are formed into eyes which encircle the rod 0, theseveral leaf holders and turners being separated by washers or collars,as shown in Fig. 2. By reference to Fig. 1, it will be noted that theleaf holders and turners are each made up of a single lenghth of wire,starting at an intermediate portion of the lower member of one loop,passing back to form the lower eye, then bent to form the other loop,twisted to form the upper eye, and finally bent to form the majorportion of the first-mentioned loop, the ends being twisted uponthemselves to form a handle or lever f, which is bent, as shown, toengage the lower part of the rod 0, from which it extends to provide agrasping portion, the handles being of different lengths and areconnected to their loops in such manner as to position the graspingportions side by side on a horizontal line. In use the music-leaves maybe placed between the sections of the leaf holder and turner, and whenit is desired to turn a leaf the'holder in which it is placed can bemoved to the other side of the rod or supportC by turning its operatinghandle or lever.

In order to more. securely hold the leaf in connection with its holder,I solder or otherwise attach to the handle f, adjacent to its loop, aspring clamp or clasp G, so that the jaws thereof will be positionedbetween the with leaves, said arms having handles for operating thesame, and I do not therefore claim such invention broadly; but

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A leaf holder and turner, comprising a suitable box or fixtureserving as a support for a central red C, leaf holders or cover supportsE connected to the rod and to the box or fixture, each supportconsisting of a loop bent back upon itself at its outer end as shown,and a leaf holder and turner pivoted at its upper and lower ends uponthe rod and made up of a double loop, an operating handle formed on oneof the loops, and an interposed spring clamp the jaws of which liebetween the loops, substantially as shown and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a leaf holder and turner, the combination, of a suitable box orfixture B supporting a rod 0, leaf holders or cover sup ports Econnected to the rod and to the box or fixture; together with leafholders and turners F pivoted at their upper and lower ends upon therod, each leaf holder and turner consisting of a single length of wirebent to form eyes which encircle the rod and two loops which normallylie together, the ends of the wire being twisted one upon the other toform an operating lever or handle, and spring clamps secured to thelevers or handles so that the jaws thereof will extend between theloops, substantially as shown and for the purpose set forth.

3. A leaf holder and turner comprising a suitable support or fixturewhich carries a rod 0 and rear of said rod aspring bar, as D, Wires Erigidly attached to the fixture and to the upper ends of the red C saidwires hav ing portions bent upon themselves as shown, one or more leafholders made up of wire in the form of a loop which is connected at itsends to the rod 0, the wire being twisted at an intermediate point so asto form a handle which is also connected to the red O.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH A, f "lllTE.

Witnesses:

RAYMOND J. Goss, T. G. Woons.

